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This comprehensive and highly readable collection of essays highlights 50 important events that changed the course of American history. What Happened? An Encyclopedia of Events That Changed America Forever is designed to introduce beginning U.S. history students and lay readers to the most significant events in the nation's history. More than that, it also will give readers insight into why a particular event is important. This book consists of 50 chapters in four volumes, each dealing with a critically important event in American history from the 17th century to the present. Each chapter includes a factual essay on the subject prepared by John Findling or Frank Thackeray. The factual material is augmented with an interpretive essay on the same subject, written by a specialist in the field. Through this juxtaposition, readers can learn not only about the who, what, and where of an event, but also why it is important in the sweep of American history.

Table of Contents:
Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Progressivism, 1901–1914 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Laura Hague Robert La Follette (1855–1925) Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) Settlement House Movement Upton Sinclair (1878–1968) 2. World War I, 1914–1918 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Jacob Vander Meulen Committee on Public Information (CPI) Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) League of Nations John J. Pershing (1860–1948) Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) Document: Zimmermann Note, 1917 Document: President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points Speech, 1918 3. The Harlem Renaissance, 1917–1935 Introduction Interpretive Essay by James M. Beeby Duke Ellington (1899–1974) Harlem Langston Hughes (1902–1967) Zora Neale Hurston (ca. 1903–1960) James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) Claude McKay (1889–1948) 4. The Great Depression, 1929–ca. 1939 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Anders Greenspan First Hundred Days Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) Huey Long (1893–1935) New Deal Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) Stock Market Crash of 1929 5. World War II, 1939–1945 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Larry Thornton Battle of the Bulge (1944) Omar Bradley (1893–1981) Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) Navajo Code Talkers Pearl Harbor Attack (1941) Zoot Suit Riots (1943) Document: Executive Order 9066 (Japanese Internment Order), 1942 6. Suburbanization and Consumerism, 1945–1990 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Karen Dunak Levittown Ralph Nader (1934–) Joe Thompson Jr. (1901–1961) 7. The Development of Atomic Energy, 1945–1995 Introduction Interpretive Essay by James W. Kunetka Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Nuclear Freeze Movement J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967) Three Mile Island Incident (1979) 8. The Cold War, ca. 1946–1991 Introduction Interpretive Essay by David Mayers Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) Korean War (1950–1953) Harry Truman (1884–1972) U-2 Incident (1960) 9. The Rise of Television, ca. 1948–2010 Introduction Interpretive Essay by James E. St. Clair Milton Berle (1908–2002) Walter Cronkite (1916–2009) A. C. Nielsen (1897–1980) 10. The Vietnam War, ca. 1950–1975 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Alan Abbott Antiwar Movement Cambodian Incursion (1970) Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) Tet Offensive (1968) 11. The Civil Rights Movement, ca. 1954–Present Introduction Interpretive Essay by Thomas Clarkin Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956) Greensboro (North Carolina) Sit-Ins (1960) Freedom Summer (1964) Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) Los Angeles Riots of 1992 12. The Women's Rights Movement, 1961–1991 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Catherine A. Fosl Feminist Majority Betty Friedan (1921–2006) President's Commission on the Status of Women Document: Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) 13. The Reagan Revolution, 1981–1989 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Cliff Staten George H. W. Bush (1924–) Iran-Contra Scandal (1986) Sandra Day O'Connor (1930–) Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) Appendix A: Glossary of Terms and People Appendix B: Timeline Appendix C: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Secretaries of State, 1901–2010 About the Editors and Contributors Thematic Index Index

About the Author :
John Findling is professor emeritus of history at Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN. Frank Thackeray is professor emeritus of history at Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN, and visiting professor of history at the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.

Review :
This well-crafted, four-volume encyclopedia is based on the teaching experience of editors Findling and Thackeray. . . . The set makes an excellent introduction to United States history for new students. . . . Recommended.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781598846225
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: [4 Volumes]
  • ISBN-10: 1598846221
  • Publisher Date: 09 Dec 2010
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 1456


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